Abstract

• The main purpose of this study was to investigate the attitude of parents and teachers towards sex education in schools from the Yangon Region. Further, this study was also conducted to explore the opinions of parents and teachers towards sex education for getting more information. A descriptive survey method and a quantitative research design were executed in this study. A total of 549 respondents (271 parents, 278 teachers) from eight selected schools of the Yangon Region participated in this study. The required sample was selected using a random sampling technique. As research instruments, Attitude Scale Towards Sex Education (ASTSE) and opinionnaire constructed by Lalnunfeli (2015) for all respondents were adopted in this research. ASTSE was unidimensional and included 35 items with a five-point Likert scale and the opinionnaire had 10 questions. Results indicated that the attitude of parents was positively favorable towards sex education in schools. According to an independent sample t-test, there were significant differences in the attitude of parents towards sex education in schools by area and having an adolescent child or not. However, gender and age did not affect the attitude of parents towards sex education in schools. Findings also revealed that most of the teachers have a negative attitude towards sex education in schools in this study. According to ANOVA results, there were significant differences in the attitude of teachers towards sex education by teaching subjects. But, the attitude of teachers towards sex education in schools was not influenced by the area, designation, teaching experience, age, educational qualification, and having an adolescent child or not. From the opinion results, (96%) of teachers and (88.2%) of parents agreed on the introduction of sex education in schools.